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From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Support for files > 2 GB
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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 17:35:53 GMT
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2000 18:05:41 +0200, "Eli Zaretskii"
<eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

>> From: "Wojciech Galazka" <wojciech DOT galazka AT polkomtel DOT com DOT pl>
>> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
>> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 16:57:01 +0200
>> >
>> >I thought FAT32 allowed larger files, like 2^32-2 or something.
>> >Doesn't it?
>> 
>> Microsoft Platform SDK says 2^31-2  ...

Perhaps someone with a big drive could verify this.

>Perhaps the Win32 API is behind DJGPP, then ;-).

Don't DOS filesystem calls go through Win32 somehow?

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